I was told to update, so here I am. I've been meaning to post something, but life has been pretty uneventful aside from school. The last month can be broken down weekly as follows

What I do Time doing it in hours
Class 19
Lab write up 10 (partner puts in about 10 as well)
Dynamics HW 14+3reading book
German reading 3+(1-4 depending on associated writing)
Math 3
Engineer design 3
Materials 5
Total 57 (Isn't a full time job only 40?)

Weekend socializing What's that? See lab write-up and dynamics
homework above.
Actual maybe 4-5 hours including things with my roommates.
Roomies during week 1-4 We're all busy
Paula 2-8 mostly homework study sessions
German lunch table 1.5 Wed. lunch, prof. organized
German bar table 0-2 Thur. night at 7:30, just students

Two weeks ago was Gabe's 21st and we went out on the Tuesday night to celebrate, and we had fun. Friday night the same week some of the students and profs in the department met at Murphy's from 6-midnight. Good times. That's about it.

From what most of my friends here have to say, and the lack of what everyone from back home says, most of us are in similar boats this semester. So I wish all of you good luck and hope to see you at the finish line.